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From: mehldau@photogrammetrie.de (Gerhard Mehldau)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Installation hangs after hardware probes (2.1R)
Date: 17 Jun 1996 13:26:21 GMT
Organization: Photogrammetrie GmbH
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J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote:
: mehldau@photogrammetrie.de (Gerhard Mehldau) wrote:
: > I'm trying to install 2.1R on a Compaq DeskPro 386/25M with
: > 8MB RAM, an Adaptec SCSI controller, a 500MB hard drive, and
: > a WD8003 ethernet card. When booting from the boot floppy,
: > all the hardware seems to be recognized correctly, but the
: > installation hangs after the last probe (npx0 at 0xf0-0xff
: > irq 13 on motherboard).
: That's the point where the root file system is about to be configured
: and mounted. Which floppy controller is there in the Compaq? Any
: chance to disable it and use a separate controller?
It's a NEC 72065B. Unfortunately, I don't have a spare controller
to try your suggestion. I have, however, swapped virtually all
movable components of the system against those from an identical
PC which is running FreeBSD just fine -- but so far to no avail.
BTW, occasionally I get the following message before the system
hangs:
Fatal signal 10 caught! I'm dead..
Does that provide any additional clues?
Gerhard
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Gerhard Mehldau
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